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[twido]

Hello everyone!
I am new here and am planning to buy a 2022 EHS PHEV! I just want to know your sincere answer and experience about this car, I am coming from an Outlander PHEV 2014 with a lot of Battery degration and wondering how is this one about that topic and also in general how reliable is this car?

Thanks in Advance!
Note: As soon as I get it I will post some Pics

 

[salty]

To the forum.

 

[ronmaz]

Hi Twido. There have been other posts on the forum about user experience. I suggest you scroll through this forum and read some of the posts which should help you get an understanding of other peoples thoughts and concerns. Here's just a few:

Thread 'HS PHEV - the good, the bad and the ugly'

Jul 14, 2023

Having completed 2000 miles in my new HS Exclusive PHEV, mostly in UK, and on holiday in France and Belgium, here are my initial reactions. Many of the following points have been made in other posts, but this may be a useful summary for discussion.
The good: a lovely car for the money, I'm very pleased with it. The power from the combination of petrol engine and electric motor is good, driving position is comfortable (as are all the seats), and the car provides a smooth motorway ride. The adaptive cruise control is superb (though I've switched off most other driver assist functions)...

• JohnMG
• car review hs phev mg hs plug-in hybrid
• Replies: 14
• Forum: MG HS / EHS 2020-2024 Plug-in Hybrid Forum

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Thread 'Help before buying second hand'

Sep 28, 2025

Hoping to benefit from your wisdom.
We are looking at buying a 2021 HS 1.5 T-GDI PHEV Exclusive. Yesterday we test drove it and although the battery was charged initially to 40% (it was showing a range of 12 miles), every time we tried to switch to EV mode it was telling us it couldn’t. Occasionally it did but would quickly come out of it. Even when stationary after driving it for a while it was telling us it couldn’t enter EV mode (battery was at around 38% by this time). The garage, after we left, put some more charge in it and called to say the EV mode was now working ok! We’ve asked...

• newbie2025
• mg hs hybrid+ newbee try before you buy
• Replies: 3
• Forum: MG HS / EHS 2020-2024 Plug-in Hybrid Forum

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Thread 'Considering a new HS PHEV (Trophy)'

Apr 13, 2025

Hi all,

This question may have been asked before, but what is the build quality and reliability like on the new HS PHEV. I’ve been doing some research on the web and there seems to be some concern about MG’s reliability and quality.

It’s coming down to a choice between the MG and the BYD Seal U.

Thanks.

• FMAJ
• hs mg hs phev trophy
• Replies: 4
• Forum: MG HS / EHS 2020-2024 Plug-in Hybrid Forum

Regarding the battery degradation, all batteries will degrade over time, some faster than others. My personal experience with my MG HS PHEV 2022 model has been very good. I'm in Australia so our model has a higher electric range than the European model apparently. When it was brand new my electric range was 63 kms. Now over 3 years later it's down to 61 kms, I'm very happy with that and still very happy with the car overall, have not had any issues. I've driven it on long journeys from Melbourne to Brisbane and back, a journey of over 3600 kms on more than one occasion driving 110 km per hour for most of the journey and all went very smoothly. Fuel consumption on a long trip like that was between 7 and 8 litres per 100 kms which is about 35 to 40 mpg for the non metric folks. The car is very heavy due to the battery so the fuel consumption can be a bit high at times but my day to day general driving is all done in electric mode which compensates for the fuel usage on longer journeys.

 

[twido]

Hi Twido. There have been other posts on the forum about user experience. I suggest you scroll through this forum and read some of the posts which should help you get an understanding of other peoples thoughts and concerns. Here's just a few:

Thread 'HS PHEV - the good, the bad and the ugly'

Jul 14, 2023

Having completed 2000 miles in my new HS Exclusive PHEV, mostly in UK, and on holiday in France and Belgium, here are my initial reactions. Many of the following points have been made in other posts, but this may be a useful summary for discussion.
The good: a lovely car for the money, I'm very pleased with it. The power from the combination of petrol engine and electric motor is good, driving position is comfortable (as are all the seats), and the car provides a smooth motorway ride. The adaptive cruise control is superb (though I've switched off most other driver assist functions)...

• JohnMG
• car review hs phev mg hs plug-in hybrid
• Replies: 14
• Forum: MG HS / EHS 2020-2024 Plug-in Hybrid Forum

• 
• 

N

Thread 'Help before buying second hand'

Sep 28, 2025

Hoping to benefit from your wisdom.
We are looking at buying a 2021 HS 1.5 T-GDI PHEV Exclusive. Yesterday we test drove it and although the battery was charged initially to 40% (it was showing a range of 12 miles), every time we tried to switch to EV mode it was telling us it couldn’t. Occasionally it did but would quickly come out of it. Even when stationary after driving it for a while it was telling us it couldn’t enter EV mode (battery was at around 38% by this time). The garage, after we left, put some more charge in it and called to say the EV mode was now working ok! We’ve asked...

• newbie2025
• mg hs hybrid+ newbee try before you buy
• Replies: 3
• Forum: MG HS / EHS 2020-2024 Plug-in Hybrid Forum

F

Thread 'Considering a new HS PHEV (Trophy)'

Apr 13, 2025

Hi all,

This question may have been asked before, but what is the build quality and reliability like on the new HS PHEV. I’ve been doing some research on the web and there seems to be some concern about MG’s reliability and quality.

It’s coming down to a choice between the MG and the BYD Seal U.

Thanks.

• FMAJ
• hs mg hs phev trophy
• Replies: 4
• Forum: MG HS / EHS 2020-2024 Plug-in Hybrid Forum

Regarding the battery degradation, all batteries will degrade over time, some faster than others. My personal experience with my MG HS PHEV 2022 model has been very good. I'm in Australia so our model has a higher electric range than the European model apparently. When it was brand new my electric range was 63 kms. Now over 3 years later it's down to 61 kms, I'm very happy with that and still very happy with the car overall, have not had any issues. I've driven it on long journeys from Melbourne to Brisbane and back, a journey of over 3600 kms on more than one occasion driving 110 km per hour for most of the journey and all went very smoothly. Fuel consumption on a long trip like that was between 7 and 8 litres per 100 kms which is about 35 to 40 mpg for the non metric folks. The car is very heavy due to the battery so the fuel consumption can be a bit high at times but my day to day general driving is all done in electric mode which compensates for the fuel usage on longer journeys.

Thanks a lot, I will take a look!

 

[hywel]

Hello everyone!
I am new here and am planning to buy a 2022 EHS PHEV! I just want to know your sincere answer and experience about this car, I am coming from an Outlander PHEV 2014 with a lot of Battery degration and wondering how is this one about that topic and also in general how reliable is this car?

Thanks in Advance!
Note: As soon as I get it I will post some Pics

I have had a HS PHEVvsince last April. I love it. Is it perfect no. Is it better than my last car a a 20-9 Hyundai Santa Fe. Yes. £20000 cheaper than a new Santa Fe to start with. I tow a caravan 1200 kilos and it does 30 mpg plus and acceleration is better. Visited France last June and covered 2000 miles with a range of around 230 miles towing with full battery and petrol tank. Covered a 300 mile trip today car only started with full battery and tank have around 200 miles left and did just over 50 mpg. I love the car we have done 12500 miles to date keep the battery full from home at About 8.5 p per kwhr. Never charged on public charger as cheaper to run on petrol when out of electricity. If you can accept the minor idiosyncrasies in exchange for £20,000 I would buy one I will change for same again.

 

[kiwipete]

Hello everyone!
I am new here and am planning to buy a 2022 EHS PHEV! I just want to know your sincere answer and experience about this car, I am coming from an Outlander PHEV 2014 with a lot of Battery degration and wondering how is this one about that topic and also in general how reliable is this car?

Thanks in Advance!
Note: As soon as I get it I will post some Pics

Just some notes on my experience. In 2022 purchased a HS PHEV as a "demonstrator" vehicle here in NZ.
Owned the vehicle for 2 1/2 yrs and no problems. Longish trips at times and often towed a small F/glass boat. Experience overall was good , so, in May 2025 I bought another ( basically a run-out of the AS32 model, but with a higher spec ("Essence" here in NZ, unsure of the UK terminology for this one).
Within a month the vehicle started to go into "limp" mode at the most in-opertune times ie. at round-abouts, at roadworks, etc and it seemed to be after the vehicle had travelled about 60km where some electrical/ monitoring sensor had become heated and failed .These were dangerous situations and how we were not rear-ended on a couple of occasions, I do not know !. Vehicle was trucked to MG dealer. Fault could not be found and that vehicle remained volatile. After 5 weeks and 2 trips at MG workshop the vehicle was replaced (just 2200km completed).
Replacement vehicle(same model and colour) ran fine until we were on along trip home on a section of road with many hills and passing lanes. Had been following a truck and trailer unit for some distance (about 8 cars in a line) and eventually came to a passing lane. 4 vehicles in front of us took off and passed truck unit , as did ourselves until we were parallel with the cab of truck, then, suddenly our vehicle went into limp mode and down to about 25km/hr ! Scary and VERY dangerous. Cars behind us undoubtedly wondered what the hell was going on. Managed to just pass the truck and pull to left lane. We were now going so slow truck unit passed us going up the hill. This replacement vehicle went back to MG dealer. Another 3 weeks of tests and it seems these vehicles have a problem with faulty EDU (electric drive units). MG were reluctant to replace the unit (about $9000NZ + labour to replace) so tests started and to my knowledge still continuing at end of 2025.
I had had enough and bought an ordinary ICE vehicle with standard auto.
MG NZ tended to give the impression that they cared, but, no refund was ever offered and they were happy that because no "fault(s)" were found, then, I should just keep driving the vehicle.
Interesting looking at the new model MG PHEV handbook, there is special mention of these vehicles
going into "limp" mode ( so it seems they are being built by MG with a known fault) The handbook tells what to do AFTER limp mode is enacted, but, NOT WHAT TO DO BEFORE IT KICKS IN AND THERE ARE NO WARNING SIGNALS THAT IT IS ABOUT TO KICK IN.
No more PHEV for me.